Higher Education

Dec 12, 2017

First in Future: GES Center Co-Director Jennifer Kuzma

Summary:  What should we be learning – or having our kids learn – to get them ready for the future? Should we be preparing students with specific skills that may be… 

Dec 5, 2017

First in Future: Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan Gerlach

Summary: In the late 1990’s, North Carolina leaders did something remarkable. As part of the national settlement agreement with tobacco companies, North Carolina was projected to receive an estimated $4.6… 

Nov 28, 2017

First in Future: Center for Creative Economy Executive Director Margaret Collins

Summary: What sector of North Carolina’s economy is comprised of 380,000 people, pays $16 billion in wages each year, and generates another $200 million in tax revenue? This week’s guest… 

Nov 21, 2017

First in Future: NC Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler

Summary: This week’s podcast promotes domestic harmony. You’ll be able to use what you hear around the table to change the subject if one of your relatives brings up something… 

Nov 14, 2017

First in Future: Leadership North Carolina President Brian Etheridge

Summary: Brian Etheridge, the president of Leadership North Carolina, each year finds a new crop of 50-some individuals from business, nonprofits, education and government and feeds them a firehouse of… 

Oct 17, 2017

First in Future: NC League of Municipalities’ “Municipal Equations” Host Ben Brown

Summary:  When solving big problems, local folks are the canaries in the coalmine – they are likely to notice a problem before anyone else, and more likely to be able to… 

Oct 10, 2017

First in Future: The N.C. Rural Center President Patrick Woodie

Summary: In the late 1990’s, I worked on a project called the North Carolina Rural Prosperity Task Force. The idea was to develop a series of recommendations that could make… 

Aug 15, 2017

First in Future: North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson

Summary:  Tomorrow, about 34,000 students, 2,300 faculty and 6,700 staff will run into each other at North Carolina State University, the start of another year for the state’s largest university.… 

Aug 8, 2017

First in Future: North Carolina Community Foundation President & CEO Jennifer Tolle Whiteside

Summary:  Why is it that anybody gives something to someone else? Today’s guest, Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, has asked herself that question more than maybe anyone else in North Carolina. As… 

Aug 1, 2017

First in Future: Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Chair Frank Emory

Summary:  Three years ago, the state of North Carolina launched a new approach to economic development. Essentially, we bet that we would have a better chance of recruiting jobs and…